Noble William "Bill" Sackett

Noble William "Bill" Sackett, son of Harry Brent Sackett and Nettie Lucinda Holmes, was born in MichiganG on 15 August 1910.1,2 He died aged 88 on 21 October 19983 and was buried at Hastings Township Cemetery, Hastings, Barry County, MichiganG.4,5 He married first on 15 September 1930, Edith Virginia Sherman, daughter of Robert F Sherman and Gertrude A ___.1 Edith was born in IllinoisG in about 1909.2 He married second on 17 October 1941, Flora Lillian Overton, daughter of Robert F Overton and Flora R Wade.1 Flora was born in Crofton, Christian County, KentuckyG, on 16 November 1920.6,7,8 She died aged 72 on 10 February 19939,10 and was buried at Hastings Township CemeteryG.6,4,11 In 1920 Noble was living in Pine Grove, Van Buren County, MichiganG, in the household of his parents Harry and Nettie, and was recorded in the census as Noble Sackett, aged nine and born in Michigan.12 In 1930 he was living at Pekin, Tazewell County, IllinoisG, and was recorded as Noble W Sackett, a box lunches salesman, aged 19. He was a boarder in the household of his future parents-in-law, Robert and Gertrude Sherman. Edith Sherman, 20, who Noble was to marry later the same year, was also in the household, along with her six younger siblings.13 Noble was listed in the 1940 Hastings City Directory as a (car) bodyman, living at 201 West State. In 1944, he was a mechanic at Reahm Motor Sales, living at 210 North Washington with his second wife Flora. She was a nurse at Pennock Hospital.14